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Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 25, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to advance bills on public safety, healthcare, education, taxes, licensing, property and other topics. It set floor calendars for the current day and Thursday. The current day's calendar included HB 1024, HB 1329, HB 519 and HB 1001, among others. Members objected to adding HB 1001, but the chair declared that the voice vote favored adding it. Thursday's calendar included HB 1262, HB 1263, HB 1274 and HB 1344. The committee returned HB 1275 to the Health Committee after questions about restrictions on stem cell materials. It also returned HB 1073, HB 1028 and HB 1224 to their respective committees. Most other presentations ended without questions or a scheduling decision shown in the transcript.
And so currently, you can keep up to $21,500 of your equity in a home, uh, or $43,000 if it's titled jointly. Um, what this bill will do is increase that to $50,000 for individual and $100,000 for a joint, um, a joint titled home. Um, this is for, uh, debtors who file bankruptcy who are current on their mortgage. So if they're not current on their mortgage,...
Good morning, Chair. Good morning, members of the committee. Uh, let me direct you to page five, HB1221, middle of the page. Uh, this is a bill that will protect consumers in the home association, homeowners association context. Uh, it's to bring homeowner association law in line with the standards in foreclosure law, um, and other debt collection law....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 17, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 17, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring forward bills on taxes, education, health, public safety and other topics. Members questioned the proposed income tax cut, including its effects on different incomes, revenue safeguards and funding for other tax relief. The committee placed eight measures on the day's calendar without stated opposition: HB 256, HB 662, HB 818, HB 956, HB 987, HB 1022, HB 1063 and HB 1121. It also returned HB 880 to the Ways and Means Committee and HB 1266 to the Game, Fish, and Parks Committee without stated opposition. The other presentations did not result in calendar placement or another decision during this meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I have at the top of page two, House Bill 504 has to deal with the vehicle value protection agreements. Committee members, uh, this bill basically protects the equity that a Georgian may put into a vehicle when they purchase that vehicle. It may, it may be used at the dealer which they purchased it, uh, or...
This is actually there to protect the equity of the consumer. With that, I'll take questions. Okay. Don't see any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Chairman. Senator Echols, gl- glad to have you with us today. Appreciate your patience. Thank you. I hope you noticed that, uh, my, my House members went first. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, uh, members of...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 3, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 3, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on HB 980, creating a Georgia-Ireland Trade Commission; HB 945, addressing financial fraud protections and other financial regulations; and HB 704, changing reporting on state architecture and engineering contracts. Members asked about cryptocurrency fraud safeguards, access to money during fraud-related holds, and whether less frequent contract reporting would reduce transparency or remove subcontractor information. The transcript shows no vote on these three bills. The committee approved a Thursday calendar without opposition, but the transcript does not establish that any of these three bills was included. The chair also announced a meeting after the Appropriations Committee finished Thursday to add the budget to the calendar.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I bring before you this morning, uh, House Bill 945. It's halfway down on your blue, uh, on the, on the front of the blue sheet. It's LC620310S. Uh, this is the Department of Banking and Finance's a- annual housekeeping bill. As always, it comes with a, a full support of all the regulated industries....
They could only, uh, deposit up to $2,500 on their first transaction. Uh, subsequently, after they've become a, a frequent user of the ATM, the transactions could go up to $10,000 a day. But importantly, there would be clear disclosures, uh, to the consumer, uh, that the, the transaction was irreversible, there was high risk of fraud in your, in...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 20, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 20, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on bills and resolutions covering public safety, health care, education, development, transportation and other topics. Members questioned proposals on road obstruction penalties, firearm suppressors, interference with first responders, permitting deadlines and development impact fees. The committee approved a substitute for SB 384 that added removal of vehicle registration decals to the optional five-year registration proposal. It then placed SB 23, SB 284, SB 384 and SB 395 on a supplemental calendar for that day, with no opposition voiced. No calendar decisions were recorded for the other proposals presented.
18. I stand corrected. Um, so thank you. I'm here to present Senate Bill 284 and ask for y- your favorable consideration of that. I don't know. I don't even have a blue sheet. I think they ran out maybe, but, um- On page three. Page three. Page three. Uh, so I, I introduced this bill last year prior to the First Liberty building and loan collapse and...
Uh, so I think it's a very good measure that would help the citizens of Georgia. All right. Thank you. We've got a question. Ch- Charlice Byrd. Um, good morning- Good morning ... Senator. Sorry, bad, um, speech. I live in the area where these violators lived, and I've watched firsthand people tell me they've lost their money, they've lost their savings. I...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 9, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 9, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations on education, courts, financial regulation, property, public safety and other topics. The longest discussion concerned HB 934, with questions about the effect of transferring securities regulation on an ongoing investigation, staffing and agency workloads. Members also questioned school weapons-detection costs and possible local court costs from accepting juvenile cases involving military installations. The committee placed six bills on the February 9 floor calendar and four measures on the February 10 calendar, with no opposition voiced. The other measures presented were not placed on either calendar during this meeting.
Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm looking at HB 948, which is on the second page, sixth down. And we are looking at LC620306S. This bill is one that creates more disclosure when someone's is foreclosed, in the foreclosure documents, to let individuals know that if there are excess funds available after all the foreclosure proceedings, how to get...
Uh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, my House Bill 934 is on the second page, number four. This basically transfers the powers of the securities and commodities, um, from the Secretary of State's office over to Banking and Finance. Um, this is done in 21 other states right now, and this will help, um, reduce some of the fraud and abuse. Okay. We've got a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 11, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on vehicle titles, bankruptcy exemptions, foster caregivers, firefighter safety, judicial privacy, student sports physicals, pharmacy payments and insurance coverage. It returned HB 211 and HB 1024 to the Judiciary Committee. It approved a substitute for HB 998 and placed it on Thursday’s House calendar along with HR 999, HB 948, HB 983 and SB 195. The committee held off on scheduling HB 810 after a request to consider it Tuesday instead. No further action was recorded on the other bills presented. The chair announced that the committee would not meet Thursday morning and would next meet Tuesday.
Good morning, Chairman Parish and members of the Rules Committee. I'm here to request House Bill 1042, the bottom of page two. This is the Real Estate Security and Title Act. Uh, Vice Chair Trey Kelley brought the, uh, Judicial Security Cleanup Bill last year. Th- this is a follow-up because there was a shooting in Indiana of a judge since we adjourned sine...
We're also apo- imposing a $50 million annual cap on the disbursements. We're requiring that audits be submitted. The PSC already requires it, but we're making it part of the statute. And we're requiring PSC to submit a biannual report on the fund because there have been a number of questions about how much money is in the fund, how many people pay in, how...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 4, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring bills to the House floor on education, healthcare, taxes, public safety, local government and other subjects. Members questioned proposals on firearm rules, access to death recordings, district attorney pay, foreign funding disclosures and transit tax votes. The committee approved a substitute for HB 1138 restoring earlier language. It sent HB 947 back to Agriculture and Consumer Affairs and HB 490 back to Economic Development and Tourism. A motion to send HB 1386 back to committee failed. The committee then placed 14 bills on the day's floor calendar, including HB 1138 with the approved substitute. Members also questioned differences in how requests for changes were handled. The chair said the approaching legislative deadline limited time to return every proposed change to committee.
Um, this is just requiring all the schools, if they don't already have a safety program, um, for lock boxes, they're required to put lock boxes in there with a key or a key fob. If they have the electronic doors that open with a keypad or something, then they're fine. It's just, uh, requiring them to do that. Okay. I don't see any questions on that one...
And I also have House Bill 1436 on page nine, halfway down. This legislation ensures that if any local jurisdiction is violating Georgia's, uh, policy against cashless bail, that those, uh, cities and counties are not eligible for any state funding. Got a question. Whip Park has a question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is it not true this bill is likely...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 19, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on education, health care, retirement, elections, taxes, business regulation and other subjects. It placed nine bills on the calendar for Legislative Day 34: SB 216, SB 439, SB 444, SB 452, SB 470, SB 489, SB 553, SB 570 and SB 285. It also placed SR 23, concerning a convention to propose congressional term limits, on the calendar for Legislative Day 35 after a voice vote with opposition. The committee sent SB 552, concerning student access to political and religious extracurricular organizations, back to the Judiciary Committee. No calendar decisions were announced for the other measures presented.
Mr. Chairman and committee, thank you. Thank y'all, thank y'all for yesterday for SB399 on the AEDs and 911. The family was absolutely, when I say pleased, it's a real closure for those, but thank you for supporting that like you did, and, uh, it was a real good time. If you will, page three, uh, SB441, this is, uh, a bill dealing with local government...
Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, on page three, Senate Bill 458, we have the Home Inspector Licensing Act. Uh, currently in the state of Georgia, my 18-year-old son that is a senior in high school could go out there and print business cards and call himself a home inspector. 44 states, I believe, have a home inspector's license. This bill creates one,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 19, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations and set House floor calendars for Thursday and Friday. Members questioned a proposal to create state terrorism-related offenses, including its need, speech protections and investigative resources. Other presentations addressed professional training, property association fees, mental health facility background checks, utility disconnections and criminal penalties. The committee approved a technical correction to HB 1199, returned HB 1042 and HB 1226 to their subject committees, and placed five bills on Thursday’s calendar and five measures on Friday’s calendar. No opposition was voiced to those actions. The chair announced there would be no Friday Rules meeting and that the next meeting would be Monday at 11 a.m.
Good morning, Chairman and committee. I've, I'm here to present HB 1222. It's the first item on the last page, and I'll be reading from LC620384S. It's a simple bill. It does one thing. It proposes to amend the Georgia Condo Act and the Georgia Property Owners Association Act to allow them to charge no more than $250 for a closing or settlement letter, and...
Representative New. Thank you, Chairman, members. Appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about 1134. It's at the bottom of page three on the blue page. This bill updates law industry standards by doing two things. It updates the rules of notification for reclaiming personal property taken during a vehicle repossession, and clarifies the completion of a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 16, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 16, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard bill presentations and set a six-bill floor calendar: SB 160, SB 177, SB 432, SB 435, SB 524 and SB 535. Members approved a substitute for SB 177 and placed it on the calendar by voice vote over opposition. The other calendar additions drew no stated opposition. Questions about SB 116 focused on constitutional protections, citizenship determinations, local costs and indefinite DNA retention. The committee also returned SB 411 to the Health Committee without objection. No calendar action was shown for the other bills presented.
You have another one too, you say? Uh, yes, so seven, uh, seven up from the bottom is, um, Senate Bill 454. This is a something to go into schools, even into kindergarten daycare centers. When we carry our children to school, we expect and want them to come home safe. This is a little safety, uh, issue, a little door blocking mechanism that can be utilized....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to move forward a wide range of measures covering taxes, housing, health care, education, public safety, workforce development and state symbols. Members questioned proposals on self-defense cases, income tax cuts, Medicaid eligibility checks, development permits and airport funding. The chair announced that HR 114 and HB 1116 were returned to Ways and Means without opposition, although a subsequent exchange created uncertainty about the first measure's number. Most other measures received brief presentations without questions. No floor calendar selections or votes on those requests were recorded. The chair adjourned the meeting and announced another meeting for 5 p.m.
Yes, ma'am. Good morning, Mr. M- Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Um, House Bill 10, 1035 on page 10, the ninth bill down. It protects owner-occupied homes from being foreclosed on or sold at tax sale because of non-tax service charges like HOA fees or utility bill. This bill does not forgive debt. It does not affect property taxes, and it does...
Thank you, Chairman. Thank you, members. Uh, House Bill 1198, page five, just below halfway mark. Uh, this is a bill, um, today, you can, uh, you can currently buy insurance, um, at, on portable electronic devices at the, at the retailer. Uh, this bill modernizes that definition, and it offers a similar protection plan, completely optional to the consumer,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 31, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 31, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on school policies, campaign finance, public records, self-defense hearings, housing, permitting and other proposals. Members questioned sponsors about constitutional concerns, student safety, tenant protections and access to school facilities. The committee approved substitutes for SB 406, SB 552, SB 447, SB 587 and SB 515, with no opposition stated. Those five measures were placed on the day's floor calendar along with HR 1445, SB 111, SB 402, SB 458 and SB 501. The transcript shows no calendar decision on the other proposals presented. The chair apologized for microphone problems and asked members to watch for notice of another possible meeting before adjourning.
Um, so those are the changes, Mr. Chairman. Okay. We have a question. Representative Holcomb. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Leverett, can you point me to the part where it prohibits the foreclosure for any HOA liens or fines? In the original, it was on line 384, but I didn't see it in here, and I may have just missed it. Um, I'm, I'm, I don't know...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm presenting Senate Bill 463. It's on page five. Uh, this was a, uh, s- substitute bill from the House Judicial Committee that removes the bill's original language and replaces it with the provisions of the Squatter Reform Act. This legislation closes dangerous loopholes that have allowed criminals to unlawfully occupy homes,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 6, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring bills before the House on crossover day, covering education, health, taxes, elections, courts, local government and other subjects. Members questioned proposals on development moratoriums, monument removal and lottery reserves for scholarships. Several bills had recently left other committees, and members said copies were missing from their materials. The chair said copies would be provided and that the committee expected to meet again later to set a supplemental calendar. No votes or calendar selections were recorded before adjournment.
Representative Evans, did you have a question on this one? Sorry. I just, um, was able to look at a, a copy of House Bill 1413. Um, Chairman Martin, you mentioned at the tail end that part of the ... And I'm so in favor of the needs-based aid bill, I can't see straight. But I see you've added Section 3 that changes the shortfall lottery reserve from 50% of...
A- and I would stipulate that if one is doing a reserve account, you do it on the last three years' spending, not revenue. As is written today, if revenue goes down, spending stays consistent, the reserve requirement would go down. You don't wanna take a reserve requirement go down while your revenues are going down and your spens- spend- spending is going...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on bills covering health care, local government, courts, workers, veterans and other issues. Members questioned limits on using COVID-19 vaccination status in transplant decisions and a proposal allowing property owners to seek relief over local governments’ failure to enforce laws. The committee placed HB 557, HB 659 and HB 960 on Monday’s floor calendar without objection. It also placed HB 350, HB 946 and HB 999 on Tuesday’s calendar without objection. No calendar action was shown for the other proposals presented.
Thank you, Chairman and committees. Uh, on top of your blue sheet on the back page is House Bill 1015. The state oversees a state, uh, self-insurers guarantee work- workers' comp fund, um, for those who choose to self-insure, and this is the backup system so that, uh- Wait, wait a minute. What, what number is that? House Bill 1015? 1010. 10- 1010. 1010....
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have House Bill 295, three down from the top. This allows property owners to seek relief in counties or cities where the local government doesn't enforce, enforce, uh, local ordinances and state law. Okay. Good job. No questions. Thank you. Thank you. I, I'm sorry. Excuse me. There is a question I didn't see. Excuse me. Uh, 38....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 23, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to bring legislation to the House floor and set a nine-bill calendar for legislative day 36. Presentations covered health care workforce data, property-owner protections, criminal laws, scholarships and other topics. Members questioned a proposed constitutional convention for congressional term limits and the geographic reach of a federal scholarship tax credit. The committee approved a substitute for SB 395 adding language to designate emergency medical services as an essential service, then placed it on the calendar. Eight other bills also received calendar approval. One, SB 443, drew an objection and was approved by voice vote, with no count announced. The other calendar motions passed without stated opposition. The chair announced the next Rules meeting for Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Mr. Chairman, I bring y'all SB406. This is the Property Owner's Bill of Rights. It, uh, essentially requires all our HOAs, POAs, and COAs in this state to register with the Secretary of State's office. It creates an administrative hearing process. Um, it offers a bill of rights, and then it cleans up the foreclosure process. Okay. Don't see any questions....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 10, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 10, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on pedestrian visibility, library access to harmful materials, and protections against passing data center electricity costs to other customers. Members questioned whether removing librarians' exemption from obscenity laws would expose them to criminal prosecution. No calendar action was shown for those three measures. The committee adopted a substitute for HB 907 to let an existing completion school expand services into another region and returned HB 1066 to the Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee also placed six measures on the next day's calendar: HB 57, HB 383, HB 903, HB 907, HB 986, and HR 251.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm here to present House Bill 1063. It's on page two, bottom of the blue sheet. House Bill 1063 protects residential and retail electric, uh, electricity customers from costs asso- associated with data center construction and operation. Uh, it does th- so at the very high level, it requires electric utility contracts with data...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · March 27, 2026
House Rules Committee, March 27, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard presentations on education, public safety, rural health care, remote notarization, home inspection licensing and other proposals. Members questioned proposed restrictions on students’ extracurricular activities, requirements for noncitizen commercial drivers, penalties for practicing law without authorization, and monitoring of homeless people on the sex offender registry. The committee placed 12 bills on the legislative day 38 floor calendar, including SB 8, SB 150, SB 403 and SB 442. The calendar vote on SB 442 drew opposition but passed by voice vote. The committee also returned SB 454 to the Public Safety Committee. No further action was shown on the other proposals presented.
O- Okay. The second one is Senate Bill 403. That bill has to do with unclaimed property, and that is an agency bill from the Department of Revenue. We learned during the research for this that there's $3.3 billion in unclaimed property in our state, which is a very high number of taxpayer money. And what this bill does is it streamlines the process for...
Um, this is Senate Bill 8, the very first bill on the very first page, uh, LC443546S. It's a substitute that we passed, um, out of committee. Uh, the previous bill is not in there at all. Um, this is authorizes Georgia notaries, uh, public to perform notarizations remotely over secure video technology. Uh, this is something that we have addressed in the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · February 23, 2026
House Rules Committee, February 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard requests to advance bills on education, insurance, courts, public safety, taxes and other subjects. Members questioned proposed SNAP eligibility checks, mandatory jail time for fleeing state officers, environmental review thresholds and scholarship rules for students with disabilities. The committee placed eight bills on the next day's House calendar: HB 310, HB 372, HB 385, HB 971, HB 1009, HB 1023, HB 1123 and HB 1193. No opposition was heard to those calendar decisions. The committee also sent HB 376 back to Ways and Means and HB 1112 back to Banks and Banking without opposition. The other requests did not receive calendar votes in this meeting. The chair announced another Rules meeting for the following morning at 9:00.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I have two bills on the blue sheet today. Start on page two at the very bottom. This is House Bill 792. LC 492691S. As you see on lines three and 13, we have changed the, uh, monetary limits for magistrate courts from 15,000 to 25,000. This is a, uh, a negotiation between, uh, an agreement between the...
That's correct. Oh, and just one follow-up, and it may be something we can talk about offline, Mr. Chairman, but do you know if third-party management service is defined anywhere in the code? I- I'm sorry, say that again. Is third-party management service defined in our code? Are they fined? Defined. Oh, defined. Yes. I believe they are. I believe it...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Rules Committee · April 2, 2026
House Rules Committee, April 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved substitutes for SB 51, SB 513 and SB 268, then placed those bills and SB 89 and SB 499 on a second supplemental calendar for the day. The presenter said SB 51 was rewritten to include fee-retention provisions from HB 1021 and HB 1428. The presenter for SB 513 said three sections concerning driver’s licenses and the Department of Driver Services were removed. The presenter for SB 268 described a new crime involving obstruction of law enforcement officers with a vehicle. Members voiced opposition to approving and scheduling some substitutes, but the chair announced that each motion carried. No vote totals were stated.
Uh, and then in section two is Lauren's, uh, House Bill 1428 that was, um, put in here, and this is, uh, again, a retainer of fees to cover expenses. It's just in a different title. And that's, that's the bill.
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